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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-11-19
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COMMISSIONER OFF.cg,
Martinsburg W. Va Nov, l4th, 1887.
DEcATrR HRnuna
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mdTIHbDuIE w n MY if'Ii 1901
DECATUR HEDGEs
In the Circuit Court of
vs., Berkeley county, West
Virginia, in Chancery
Elizabeth EeJenbousch in her own right,
and rs administrative OF J B A MAIDEN
bousch decd, A 4 StyiDlipg, A. J.
Armstrong and Susan N. Riddle.
Notice is hereby given, that, pursuant to a
decree rendered in the above cause on the
10Th day Of October 1887, requiring TIE I'M
dersig ned Commissioner to audit the debts
owing by J. B. A Nadenbousch, dec d at
the time Of his death, stating their respective
liens and the priorities 'hereo, if any, upon
the property of said decedeut also to ascer-
taia and report the absolute value and the
yearly renial value of the tract of Al acres,
2 roods and perch s. assigned to the heirs
of said deccdent, in this cause, and whether
or not sale thereof, will be necessary for
the payment of said decedert's debts after
the application thereto of the assets in the
hands of his Administrative and what is the
proper anonnt Of the costs Of partition in
This cause to be paid by the parties respec-
lively, together with any other matter deem
ed b, him proper 10 be stated. or which he
may lie specially inquired 10 state by any
party interested, ard report his proceedings
to n tu,u torn Of the Court have ap-
pointed the 2th day of Dece@ber, 1887, at
py Office, to execute tn, s,li ,,ecree OF refer
enoe, al viii h time and place all PERSONS in
terty ed rhereiu are noticed to attead
Given uadcr my hand IS Commissioner OF
tie said Court This l4rh day OF November,
1887. ADRIAN G NADENBoUscH.
Co'auissi oLer in Chy
Faulkner and Engles ? @ nl94t.
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Special Commissioners Sale
Or A.
VERY DESIRABLE FARM.

The undersigned Special Commissioners APP
pointed and authorized by decree of the
Circuit Court OF Berkeley County W Va,
entered on tine 2lst day of September 1887
in The chancery cause of Sarah Shotstal,
ct al es. Emily G. Couchman, ct, al, will
sell ut Public Auction At the front door Of
the rt-house. in Martinsburg said county
a,d state, on SATURDAY. the 3rd day Of
December, 1887, at o'clock ,. J., the land
with which John g. Oouchln died seized,
consisting of 327 acres OF improved slate and
bottom land. and known as very produc-
tive ia-m. 1t is situste on the Opequon
Greek, ABOUT II miles east of Msrtinsburg.
About 81 &C, rs ia fine bottom land, and about
20 acres wood land he improvements are
good dwelling house, bacn, double corn crib,
grrnery, sRoke house, chicken house, carri-
aee house waih house, and two excellent
wells OF never failing water in the yard Also
water in evers reid on the farm, mi II, schools
and CHURCHES coe. Altogether il is desir
able and val able place for home and for
farming.
TTRas pRLsCRlBsn BIZ CouRT. -One-third
cash and The residue ia two equal annual
pay I'm nts to be evidenced Uy the bon Is Of
the purchaser bearing interest froN date Of
sale. The title 10 the realty TO be reserved
unit he p4rchase money is all paid
WIN. HUNTER SMALL.
GEORGE R SHOFSTALL,
j. NELSON WlSNER,
Special Com missioners.
| hereby certify that VIM. Hunter Small
=, d George r Shoisiall, Special Commits
ii ners in the above entitled cause, have exc
cu.ed be nd with sufficient security
nov5 tns s. h. MARTIN. Clerk,
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Thorc are at present SO pupils in
the deal, dumb and blind asylum at
Romuey- or these ~ are deal and
IS binl This ioc!ude, two c..orri
EU'ls from Baltimore. The school
Is rcportcd to he in excellent co"di-
tinu @i,l elervtn ny moving a:,o-
IN ty unler ne new administrator
OF Superintendent Gilkeson.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-11-19

oh " who teach the ingrniou, lonlh
at "ur artti ustI"n. let thtm l-a,u 'he
slUh.- @rf at ST dtt,ret. ~ Savaiiun
on IS the peeIiic 1oi hurts.
Litf'e Arnir yesterday told us. ia her
way what good medicine DR.. Bulls
Conyh syrup - II had curru her of a
YeLf * 81 Ir cod.
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A small boy in Grafton a few DAYS

ago goC mold of a box of pills that his
parents had left within reach and
concluded to play doctor He gave
his next Younger brother six, anVther
smaller brother four and the baby
two The pills being of the energet-
&c, industrious kind, began to work
Immediately, and the way that fami
" moved around f'r tn" next twenty
four hours was Q canton to yorn~
doctors
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILAOAD
TINE TABLE,

FAKES EFFECT SUNDAY, JUNE. 10, 1873
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21
The Father of His Country.

In idealizing heroes the world de-
grades them into mere distractions by
depriving them of their humanity.
Their contemporaries may have known
them as flesh and blood. but the follow
ing generation doubts if they ever wore
anything but flowing robes or ate aught
but ambrosia.
II is, therefore, refreshing to discover
that our hero. George Washington, was
SO human as to order his coats, waist
coats, and breaches from a London
tailor, and that he insisted upon their
being stylish and fitting.
Another fact which brings Washing
ton within the range of our sympathies
is that he was fond of tripe, and ordered
it from Bristol, England, because a
brand which he could obtain there was
superior to any made in New York or
Massachusetts.
Once upon time Cary & Co, of Lon
don, the commission merchants who
turned Washington's tobacco crops into
hard cash, presented him with two Jars
OF Bristol picked tripe Each Jar held
about two gallons. There was a special
pottery at Bristol for the manufacture
of these jars. each of which had burnt
upon its front surface the curer's name,
as guarantee of the commences of its
contents.
The brand sent to Mount Vernon was
that of "Hamlin," and Washington
was so fond Of it that picked tripe was
q standing dish on his table.
''Dear Cary" he wrote to the senior
member of the firm, Mrs. Washington
joins me in warm thanks to you for
your considerable present of two large
stone jars of picked tripe / must ask
you to arrange for four similar jars, in
wicker-basket casing, packed in outer
casks, to be shipped for my account
direct from the owners. Dental infirm-
ity impels my caring for this necessary
item in our domestic commissariat. -
Youths Companion.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21
Women's Names.

1t is curious how difficult it is to tell
truly what woman's name is. 1t is as
pulling as her age, for instance. Re-
Gently in England woman died and
left a sum of money to ''my cousin,
Harriet Cloak" As it happened, how
ever, she had cousin who had been
Harriet Cloak before marriage, but had
married someone with another name;
and she had also cousin named Cloak,
who had married a girl named Harriet,
SO that she had become Harriet Cloak
Therefore when it came to deciding who
was my cousin, Harriet Cloak" the
first Judge who tried the case decided
that it was the blood relative, the nee
Harriet Cloak, but the court to which
the case was appealed decided the other
way-that it was the Harriet Cloak, by
marriage, who was the Harriet Cloak of
the present date.
And yet for all of this decision, it
might well be that the cousins had
known each other from childhood, and
that the old and familiar name, which
had been changed by marriage, had
still been used by the testatrix to desig-
nate her earlier friend. The court, how
ever, decided that the woman knew the
true names of both and wrote accord
ingly.
All this suggests indirectly the SUBJ
ject of women's names. What is a
man to do who receives a letter in a
manifestly feminine hand signed by a
stranger; say, an. L. Jones?" Is he to
reply to Mr.. NJ. L. Jones or TO Miss or
to Mrs.P Is it to be Dear Sir or Dear
Madam or what? Suppose it is Mary L.
Jones. He knows then that he mustn't
say MIR" but that is all he knows.
Shall he address her as Mrs. or Miss
Mary L. Jones. That he can not tell
The chances are that he will make a
wrong guess, and that she, on getting
the letter, will laugh at his stupidity
Hartford CourG19t
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

6as had smaller family. and less neces-
sary expense than his brother in An
droscoggin county, who gets only 500
to $500 per annum. Yet among the
bills in the insolvency court is one due
to the Maine man for $3.50 borrowed
money"
Senator Stanford will test in every
practical manner the much-talked-of
design of Capt. Lundberg, of the
Swedish navy, for the construction of
vessels designed for greater speed and
carrying power than any vessel that
has yet been built The senator pro-
poses to build yacht to cost 5000, 900
on this principle, and he has had the
plans prepared for the same. His idea
Is to use this vessel for his own private
purpose for a short time, until he has
thoroughly satisfied himself OF its merits;
then if he is convinced that the claims
of Capt Lundberg are well founded he
will offer it to the government for dis
patch-boat or gunboat at its original
cost to him.
1t is found that walls laid up of good
hard-burned bricks, in mortar COM
posed of good lime and sharp sand,
will resist pressure of 1900 pounds
per square inch. or 100000 pounds per
square foot, at which figures it would
require 1,600 feet height of Pinch wall
to crush the bottom courses, allowing
1856 pounds as the weight of each cubic
foot. 1t also appears from accurate
calculations and measurements that
walls laid up in the same quality of brick
and mortar, with one-third quantity
of Portland cement added to the same,
are capable of resisting some $500
pounds per square inch, or 100000
pounds per square foot; this would re-
quire height of wall of 200 feet to
crush the bottom bricks.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

Paper the walls If you live in a
rented house refuse to sign the next
lease unless the house shall be papered
for you. Accept a cheap paper if ne
cessary, but stipulate that you shall do
your choosing yourself. Then make
yourself fit TO choose, and don't rely on
the glibbest clerk that ever persuaded
hesitating customer. Read Eastlake's
"Hints on Household Taste" get the
blouse Beautiful from the library, and
look up Scribner's Household Art Series.
At least read Eastlake, and discover
for yourself that the so-called Eastlakian
papers and carpets are far from being
made after his designs; are, in short,
what he most abominated. Then, arm
ed and equipped with knowledge, make
determined raid upon the cheap
papers; ask for fifteen cent rolls first,
and then if you must, 90 up to twenty
five, but no higher. One of the pref
test papers ever saw, was only fifteen
cents roll. OF course there was no
gilt, but gilt is of doubtful value in a
paper. If you are very short of funds
put the paper on yourself 1t is not at
all an impossible task. know de-
termined woman who saved three or
four dollars, and resolved to paper her
parlor She knew her husband was
struggling hard to pay for their home,
and so would not ask him for money to
hang it. She was lame with badly
sprained ankle, which she could not
touch to the floor, but she papered that
room herself, going up and down the
ladder on her knees, and hopping about
on cruches The sequel was very fun
ny. Her husband so appreciated her
bravery that he presented her with a
basket of flowers which cost enough to
have paid for the hangingl
A paper should always have a border
Of sufficient width to give character.
This border should be lighter than the
paper, except in very lofty room, when
a darker border apparently lowers the
ceiling. and makes the room easier to
furnish. A single strip Of ordinary
paper for the side walls, harmonizing in
tint but holder in design. put around
next the ceiling horizontally, makes a
pretty and inexpensive finish. A stripe
about an inch wide of dark paper, be-
tween this border and the main wall
covering. may take the place Of pict-
ure molding, and will have to be used
when the molding is next the ceiling. as
i sometimes is. 1t ought always 70 DO
between the border and the wall screen
A paper should be light-colored nearly
always-that is TO say, in small rooms.
In dark rooms, or in rooms where most
Of the picture frames are dark. A room
Il generally made gloomy by q dark
paper. The pattern should DO small.
conventlonallzed, and harmoniouslv
colored, no strong contrasts being adj
mitted. Marion Foster Rashburns. ~
Good Housekeeping. =
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21
The Distribution of Wealth.

In Rome, under the empire, wealth
at one pole was symptom of misery at
the other, because Rome was not an in
dustr' i state. Its income came from
plumber. The wealth had source in
dependent of the production of the So
ciety of Rome. That part of the booty
which some got others could not have.
No such thing is true of an industrial
society. The wealth of the commercial
cities of Italy and southern Germany,
in the middle ages, was largely in the
hands Of merchant-princes. If one were
told that some of these merchants were
very rich, he would have no ground Of
inference that others In those cities
must have been poor. The rich were
those who developed the opportunities
of commerce which were, in the first in
stance, open to all. What they gained
came out of nothing which anybody
else ever had or would have had. The
fact that there are wealthy men in En-
gland, France, and the United States to-
day, is no evidence that there must be
poor men here. The riches of tho rich
are perfectly consistent with high
condition of wealth of all, down to the
last In fact, the aggregations of
wealth, both while being made and aft
er realization, develope and sustain the
prosperity of all. The forward move
ment of a strong population, with
abundance of land and highly develop
ed command by machinery over the
forces Of nature, must produce a state
of society in which average and mimi
mum comfort are high, while special
aggregations may be enormous, misfor-,
tune and vice being left out Of account
Whatever nexus there is between
wealth at one pole and poverty at the
other can be found only by turning the
proposition into its converse-misery at
one pole makes wealth at the other. If
the mass at one pole should, through
any form of industrial vice, fall into
misery, they would offer to the few wise
an opportunity to become rich by tax
ing advantage of them. They would
offer q large supply Of labor at low
wages, a high demand for capital at
high rates of interest, and a fierce de-
mand for land at high rent-Prof W.
q. Sumner, in Popular Science Monthly.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

Among the farmers Of Hindoostan
sowing takes place about the last Of
September. II the farmer is Hindoo,
q Brahmin is consulted to fix an auspi-
cious day, and man is appointed to do
the first sowing. after which any one
can SOW grain, but not before. The
average amount Of seed per acre is $50
pounds. or two and half bushels. In
some districts the wheat is weeded, and
the weeds serve as food for the farmer
and the grass for fodder for cattle. The
ground is watered once after germina-
ton, once when the wheat is in blossom,
and once while in ear. The wheat Is
cut in April in the good old-fashioned
way, with q sickle. A man can cut one
twelfth Of an acre, for which he gets
2 1-2d per day and boards himself. The
grain : thrashed by driving cattle over
Il on IN eartben threshing floor. and is
frampied until the straw is broken fine
70 M 'choosa" fol the cattle. The
grain Is cleaned with a fan Of about the
same style as that in uae 100 years ago.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21
stonewalI Jackson's Way.

1t was customary for the corps Of
cadets to devote several weeks each
spring to artillery drill. Gen. jackson
commanding the battalion. We had q
four-gun battery; the carriages and
caissons were trim and light; the pieces
six pounds caliber. The cadets man
aged them by hand with ease and dex-
terity. At one of the drills cadet,
whose name 1 forbear to mention, be-
came offended at Maj. Jackson, and
when he thought he was unobserved.
the majors back being turned toward
him, he threw brickbat at him with
all his strength. The major did not
notice the cowardly act. The next
morning, when Maj. Jackson was COM
ing 20 his classroom, he had to pass
Immediately under the windows of the
barracks. The same cadet sought to
crafty his base. cowardly nature by
throwing a brickbat down upon him
from the window of a room on the
fourth stoop.
Again he failed to notice the act, al
though the brick came near striking
him. He passed on without looking up.
OF course such conduct was condemned
by the cadets, some of whom were cog
infant of both acts. At last the pro
fessors heard of it. and one asked Maj.
Jackson why he did not seek to dis
cover the miscreant and report him. He
replied: THE truth is, did not want
to know that we had such a coward in
the corps of cadets"
He was proud Of the corps Of cadets
and sought by precept and example to
impress the very humblest with high
sense of honor and true courage
Southern BiVOuGc.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

work while at home on some 6itof lace
work, which she afterward takes pleas
ure in giving away as little souvenirs.
The people Of Athens adore her for her
large sympathies and gentle charities.
and they love her for her goodness and
womanliness no less than for her rich
beauty and the fact that she is their
oreen
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21
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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

One Of the most striking figures in
New York city is that Of Mr.. David
Dudley Field. Old enough to be a
grandfather to half the folks he passes,
he is one of the most vigorous and act
i've pedestrians in the throng. 1t is
said be lives mainly for one thing. and
that is to see his codification Of the
laws adopted by the state.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-05-21

The ex-Empress Eugenie at last secs
the hopelessness Of the Napoleonic OUT
look in France, and has Withdrawn the
pensions which she has paid regularly to
the supporters Of The Bonaparts dynasty
ever si6ce the fall Of the empire.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

Never meet trouble half way, but
let him have the whole walk for his
pics. Hood.
"A 81, 100000 company will be able
TO pipe gas fuel from Illinois TO st.
81. Louis next season.
: Baths, gymnastics and mountain
climbing are prescribed by German
physicians for heart disease
: A recent work on physical beauty
asserts that the tendency in women Of
the present day is toward smallness of
stature. Big women, in fact, are going
out Of fashion.
Instead of plugging up the hole for
wood screw. from which the thread
has drawn ont. with wood, it is said if
plugged with cork that it makes much
better job.
No one can realize how much
money there is in the world until he
reads the assets Of insurance companies
printed on the backs of their folders. --
Exchange
1t is said that Norwegian cheese is
beginning to be imported in quantity
into English markets in competition
with other foreign goods. and that the
offerings have met with ready sale.
"A man in Oil City with n small oil
well would not accept the terms that
the Standard Company offered him
for the produce of his well, and to dis
pose of it started little refinery of his
own and peddlcd the oil about town.
Now his product has become famous
for superior excellence, and he supplies
the whole Oil City retail trade.
"A carrier pigeon sent from Cort-
landt street in New York alighted the
other day on the window of shop in
Spencer, Mass. Under the birds wing
was a paper with this written on it:
"Givc me corn. and water to drink and
bathe in. and let me GO The owner
of the shop did rs requested, and the
pigeon. much refreshed. flew away.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-31

asking for common thingS--shelter an,
work. and strength ard sense to know
how 10 live this new life. "
Then. IL God has put you in better
possession Of your health. and your
children, and your husband. and Him
self this year. don't you think we ought
To have a growing, happy year?"
"Does he always leave the best?"
said Helen.
always; Ho only takes what inter
venes between Us and that"
And there uas very happy New
Years next day. when Mr.. and
Mrs. Woricn. with Maurice. went
peacefully to church. and Margaret
took Jessie into the kitchen with her
and allowed her to help dress the tur-
key, and make the cranberry sauce,
and "snow" the potatoes-yes, and
even let her make a lemon pudding
with her own hands. Over that pud
ding was more pride and rejoicing than
over the finest "Toyal diplomatique"
that ever French cook manufactured
IL Is true there were only two courses
at that dinner. instead of seven as at
last years. and there was no company
except Margaret But there were some
flowers. which she had secretly sent
Bridget and Mabel and the baby to
buy; and there were four good chill
dren, who did not come and 90 with
tho dessert, but sat all through the din.
ner like little Oentlemen and ladips
and were unspeakably happy playing
games afterward.
And when they were in bed their
father said, thoughtfully:
"Helen, / believe there are some
ways in which this home is better on
for our children than the old one"
"Please God. we will make it so. "
said Helen, humbly Elizabeth GioUCr,
IN Christian Union.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-31
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

Oh the dear Ola Year IL dying
His children. the months, dropped one By one.
And the last week died az the first had done,
And the days all went with the setting sun;
And the Old. Old Year.
Grand, hoary and drear,
On his dsathbed lone Is lying
Oh the dear Ola Year Is dying!
His brow il cold with the chill Of the tomb,
And his eyes are dark with a deadly gloom,
And tho hours are weaving on ghOsty loom
His burial ghrOud,
Whore silent and proud,
on his deathbod lone he Is lying.
Oh save tho Year that Is dying!
Oh stay the sands 40 cruelty Rowing
Oh stay the minutes 10 stoathiy going
On quicken the pulses 50 tremulOus growing,
Ere 10 be too late
Eon while We wait
The Year on his deathbcd Is lying
on tho Year, the Year Is dying
And the shifting scene Of sunshine and rain.
The dear delight, and the dearer pain,
Tho hope that fell but % blossom again,
The dreams and the fears,
The smiles and the tears.
All, all on the doathbod are lyingl
on help Is none for the dying
The hours have woven q winding sheet
or the pale, whito mist and the falling sleet
And the midnight comes on It's errand feet
ono word Of command,
Ono touch Of its hand
And tho year IA the grave Is lylng
on weep for the Year that is fed
The dear, Oh year that Is ours no more,
That stands alOOf on the phantom shore
With the ghost OF tho years that have gone be
re.
Yot We weep I'm vain,
For never again,
Shall live the old year that Is dead.
-- Grdcs II. LHchdeid. In " y. IadspeHdeR.